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James McMurdock vs Sir John Hayes

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

203 same votes 5 different votes 208 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
20 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
20 Aye 48 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 94% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
20 Aye 48 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API